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*>ftoir and audience then sang “When
the. Roll Is Called Up Yonder.” Th9
memorial address on the part of the
Confederate Memorial association was
eloquently spoken by Dr. Dunbar H.
Ogden, of Atlanta, and this was fol
lowed by the doxology. As the im
mense audience filed out of the exits,
taps were sounded by the buglers of the
Junion Memorial association of Mem
phis, Tenn.
Fo 1 lowing the adjournment, discus
sion as to the business to come before
the session this afternoon became per
tinent The strenuous fight being
m aged by three Southern cities for the
1913 reunion has stirred the veterans.
,''T«nd this interest -has been intensified
bv th£ feeling over the disclosure of the
part Secretary E. H. Hyman is playing
• in seeking to throw the reunion to the
citv who will bid the highest for his
services.
San Antonio is in the lead for the
next reunion, having the undivided
support of th" Trans-Mississippi de
partment, ' hich embraces sevefl states,
cud with nearly al! of Georgia's
strength and half of Tennessee prom
ised.
The Tennessee division in a lively
meeting last night divided over the
Question of supporting Chattanooga and
the western half decided to vote for
the Texas city. Jacksonville is an ear
nest competitor, and will undoubtedly
receive man; votes.
Louisville Enters
Fight for Reunion.
Louisville, Ky., today enterd the race
following the announcement from Gen
eral W B Halderman that he would
nominate his home city in the hope
that in the event of a deadlock Louis- 1
<ijle would receive 'he honor. Voting
on the selection of the next meeting
place will take up the entire after
noon.
Following th adjournment, the vet
eran? will assemble on Coleman's Hill
to witnesr the crowning of Miss Mary
4-' andrett a? queen, for w hich elaborate
ceremonies have been arranged. Then
tonight the ball given by the Sons of
Veterans w ill be the predominating fea
ture.
In an effort to provide escorts for the
hundreds of visiting girls, the young
men of Macon have been invited to at
) t-nd the reception to'be given at the
home f Mr Marsh Johnston at 5
<> elqck. The young women are largely
“ ~7** ithout 'ei i orts. despite the almost
frantic rffoit? of the reunion commit
-IP, io secure desirable young men to
ai t in this capacity.
The contest for the next reunion has
so prejudiced the candidacies of Gen
eral Bennet H. Young, of Louisville,
and General K. M. VanZandt, of Texas,
tor rhe ofli l e of commander-in-chief
that th' outcome of this election has
I>, ...me '.cry incertaiif. and there is
now a ,-tiong likelihood 'hat General
AValkri will be re-elected. Ho is nor an
active r-mdidate. how ever, taking the
porition that this honor should not be
solicited t'.-neral Young is the leading
< .ndiriate. but the ent y of Louisville
into the fight for the next reunion has
1- st him muni votes, for the veterans
pot believe tn awarding all of the
r ;no= to oui i ity or state.
Big Parade
Tomorrow.
\: r angemf nt? have been completed
fur hr giand parade tomorrow after
noon. " hich w ill move from <'amp
through the principal streets of
th- '’ity. darting at 2 o'clock. A con-.
:- rv wive estimate is that there will be
.■". non in liri", besides the thousands of
h'-i-e: carriages anil automobiles.
The unique spectacle was presented
laM night of thousands of visitors
fireping in the parks on the dewey
grass, on the steps of public buildings
and horn" . and on benches in the parks
in preference to paying $2 a night for a
cot. Th"y are loud in their indigna
ti'm a' 'this exi essive charge for accom
modations.
WELLESLEY GIRLS
PLAN TO STOP USE
‘ OF SLANG BY FINES
k—ELLESLEY. MASS., Maj B.—Slang
has made such inroads into the English
<f the college girl that drastic measures
* to prevent its employment are about to
b? inaugurated ar Wellesley college.
To put a stop to the custom a fine of
a nominal sum is to be levied on all
who are caught using objectionable
ejaculations, the sum obtained to go to
the student government building fund.
"My dear" is slang at Wellesley. Some
might not object to that, but then there
are "celebs." ''dewdabs,” "piffle," "bats,"
"straight credit," "cuts the chunks."
"peanut." "crushes." "T. M.r". "V. L.’s,”
“kimmie” and so on.
"Caleb" means a person you admire
for hei achievements. "Dewdabs" is
another word for masculine kieses. A
"crush ’ is a person a girl may fall back
upon when her gentleman friend is out
ofktown. A "pill" and a "peanut" have
the same meaning—a person who is not
on the square. A "scream” stands for
anything that is farcical. One is "lah
de dah” when she is dressed or "dolled"
up.
MRS. BELMONT MUST PAY
THIS LAWYER $12,000
HOT SPRINGS, YA. Maj B.—A
judgment of 312."00 war entered
against Mr*. O. P. H Belmont, here ip.
favor of .1 T McAllister. an attorn-
. The suit involved a breach of contract
’ on the part of Mrs. Belmont in. regard
to the building of a summer resort here.
VETERAN, SOLDIER AT 13 YEARS, ~|
TELLS BOY SCOUTS OF BATTLES
B. S. Goodyear, who enlisted
at the age of thirteen years, was
telling war stories to a group of
Boy Scouts at the Macon
reunion, when the photog- -
rapher caught him.
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MRS. P.G. KNDX
ROBBEDONSHIP
Jewels Worth $3,400 Stolen
During Trip With Secretary
to South America.
LOS ANGELES. May B.—That Mrs.
Philander C. Knox, "if® of th® secre
tary of state, was robbed of jewels val
ued at $3,400 while aboard the cruiser
Maryland during the recent trip of the
secretary to South American republics,
became known here today. The story
was given out following th® arrest in
San Diego of a marine aboard the
Maryland, who paw ned diamonds in the
coast city.
The diamonds are asserted to be
those formerly set in a marquise ring
which belonged to Mrs. Knox. The
marine is kept In confinement in the
ships brig and will b® transferred to
the navy yard prison at Mare Island
when the cruiser reaches San Francisc"'
within the next few days.
Captain M. .1. Ellicott, of the Mary
land. now in Santa Monica bay. admit
ted that the theft had occurred and th®
arrest had been made. The diamonds
recovered from the pawn shop have
been sent to Washington for. identifi
cation and will be returned to the coast
for evidence at the trial Secretary
Knox Is now on the coast.
The theft occurred two months ago
whil® th® cruiser was en route from
Punta Arenas to San Jose De Guate
mala The thief entered Mrs Knox's
cabin while she was in another part of
th® ship. The loss was discovered and
reported ai once to the ship's officers.
They h.av® 'inc® been keeping a lookout
for the thief.
CONFEDERATES LAY
CORNER STONE FOR
MEMORIAL MAY 20
RICHMOND, VA.. May B,—General
Robert White, of Wheeling. W. Va..
will deliver the address when fTTe cor
ner stone of the Confederate Memorial
institute in this city Is laid on May 20.
Work on the structure was begun sev
eral weeks ago by the Philadelphia con
cern that was awarded tire contract.
Th® institute will cost upward of
$200,000 half of which was donated by
the late Charles Broadway Reuss, mil
lionaire merchant of New York, who
was a native of Virginia.
It is ex'pected th® building will be
completed by next spring. It will be
located in the fashionable West End on
a site adjoining the Soldiers home.
CHANCELLOR BARROW
TO ADDRESS “OLD BOYS”
The Atlanta Alumni association will
ha ve • prominent men from all over
Georgia as guests of honor at its first
annual dinner to be given at the Capi
tal f'ity club May I s . It will be a meet
ing of old college friends and each one
present will be made to feel that be is
again a student of th® University of
Georgia. Chancellor David C. Farrow
of the university and Judge Enoch C.
Calloway, of Augusta, head of the
alumni association, will be among the
guests.
JUE ATLANTA GEORGIAN ANT» NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY R. 1912.
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GATHOLICISMIS
METHODIST ISSUE)
Vote on Missions to Show
Stand on Assertion That For
mer Are Not Christians.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.. May B.
Sharp discussion of th® Issues that have
been raised against Catholicism In the
former sessions of th® Methodist gen
eral conference was expected on th®
floor today when the question was
scheduled to come up as a special order
of business. Whether the Methodist
church will send missionaries to the
countries controlled by Catholics espe
cially the South American countries, is
the issue that is directly to b® decided.
Tn voting on it th® church will he
forced to tak® a stand either for or
against the decision of th® Ecumenical
society, which held against missionary
work by other denominations in these
countries. It will also force th® Meth
odist church virtually to uphold or vote
down rhe statement In the Episcopal
address of the bishops that asserted th®
Catholic church was not a Christian or
ganization.
Catholicism Dominates
In South America.
Representatives of th® missionaries
now sent to South American countries
hat® strongly urged th® church to In
crease Its missionary work in this field,
and it was expected that in the discus
sion today they would reiterate and en
large the state.ments previously made
by’ William F Rice, of Chicago, that
conditions in these countries ar® such
that missions are strongly needed. H®
asserted that the Catholic church domi
nates the countries and permits immor
ality and teaches superstition.
Although the attacks on the Roman
church have been applauded as they
were uttered, it is known that there are
many delegates here who do not favor
the missionary extension scheme and
who disfavor a bitter sectarian attack
on the Catholics, and it was expected
that the discussion would bring nut
many differences of feeling.
Temperance Question
Storm Threatens.
Another question soon to come before
the church body is that, of temperance.
George M Reed, a member of the com
mittee on temperance, has said there is
a strong indication of a gathering storm
between th® Anti-Saloon league and
the church temperance society. Many
delegates predict it will find its way to
th® convention floor.
SAVANNAH’S WOMEN
TO PRESERVE SHAFT
TO CONFEDERACY-
SAVANNAH. GA, May X.—The Con
federate monument In the park exten
sion will not be torn down. Instead an
effort will be made to preserve it. Ac
tion was decided upon at a meeting of
the United Daughters of th® Confeder
acy after a report had been r»ad by
Mrs 1.-. H. Rainey from Colonel r»an C.
Kingman, United States annv ®ngin®®r
in charge of the Savannah district,
showing tha* it is possible to preserve
the monument.
Survivor of 4 Virginia*
Vividly Recalls Great
Hampton Roads Fight
By THOMAS B. SHERMAN.
MACON. GA May 8 "At 12 o'clock
I meridian the Virginia cast loose from
the wharf at the navy yard and steam
ed slowly to th® work of th® day. Pass
ing through the obstruction at Craney
Island, she headed directly for Newport
News, where the U. S. S. Cumberland
and U. S. S. Congress lay’ riding at
anchor, blockading James river. Th®
day was beautifully’ calm and clear and
nothing In the tranquil scene gave Indi- ,
cation of the mortal and bloody conflict <
soon to be enacted. Ere she reached 1
thes® vessels several large men-of-war i
came to the help of their sister ships. )
Every available Federal gitn that could <
be brought to hear on th® Virginia ,
opened flr®. Reserving her fir® until <
within easy rang®, th® Virginia's "bow ■
rifle was used to terrible effect, and as ;
has been frequently told, opened a hole ;
In the Cumberland largo enough to ,
drive a horse and cart through. When ,
at probably 50 yards distance, with ,
slackened speed, but with determined
purpose, w® moved on toward th® gal
lant ship and struck her.” (
The speaker was a tall man with long ,
gray board. He was Colonel E. V. i
White, of Portsmouth, Va., who at th® i
time of th® Battle of Hampton Roads
was assistant ®ngin®e’ of th® Merrimac, .
which later became the Virginia. 1
With several of his comrades gath
ered about him In th® Chamebr of Com
merce he began tn tell of th® m»mor- ,
able fight between the Merrimac-Vir- ,
ginia and the entire Federal fleet. His
eyes grew clearer, his face became .
illuminated and he told his story in
vivid language. As he talked the
group about him grew until It had as
sumed the proportions of a large au- ,
dienee. H® told of the battle from th®
beginning until the time wh®n the bat
tered Merrimac was forced to limp back
into port after having braved a bun- j
dred guns.
When Captain White had finished he
was loudly applauded Captain White
and his wife, who is chief sponsor for j
the Virginia division, is visiting Cap- ,
tain T. L. Massenburg, of Macon.
VETERANS SUPPRESS
INFLAMMATORY SONG
OF OLD CONFEDERATE
MACON. GA.. May B.—The clreula-j
tion her® of thousands of copies of an I '
inflammatory song called "I Am a Good | '
Old Rebel” has aroused much indigna- 1
tion among the mor® conservative vet- ■'
eran® attending the reunion, and A F.
Watson, ®f Cap® Fear camp. Wilming- 1
ton, N <".. who is the sponsor for th®
production, has been quietly ’•equested -
to suppress all other copies now in his
possession, i
Mr. Watson is a veteran 68 years old, t
who served throughout the war and I
who, in his own language, is ‘still un- <
| reconstructed."
Miss Elizabeth Judith Hale.
The funeral of Miss Elizabeth Judith <
Hale, aged 90. who died yesterday at I
the residence of her nieces. Misses I
Bessie Daviddie and Eloise Mobley. IX2 <
Gordon street, will be held at the rest- t
denee this afternoon and interment wilt <
be in M estview. Miss Hale was a 1
daughter of Eliphalet Hale, 04 New- <
buryport, Mass v
North Invites South
To Joint Reunion at
Gettysburg in 1913
MACON. GA.. May 6.—The Grand
Arrny of the Republic, comprising the
veterans of the North, has invited the
i eterans of the South to join w l'h them
on the battlefield of Gettysburg next
July and together celebrate the semi
centennial of that great battle, "tn or
der that the event may mark the final
reconciliation between those of the op
posing armies of 50 years ago."
A letter from Commander-In-Chief
H. H. Trimble, of Chicago, officially in
viting the United Confederate Veterans
to attend the celebration in a bodj- as
official guests of the Grand Army of the
Republic was read todaj at the session
of the veterans, and was received with
loud and prolonged applause. The in
vitation was unanimouslj’ accepted.
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SPONSORS COULD
NOT MAKE BOWS
Reunion Throng Wouldn’t Be
Quiet, and Opening Exer
cises Were Cut Short.
MACON, GA., May B.—The first night
session of th® United Confederate Vet
erans las' night would have been fea
tured by th® formal Introduction of
the official sponsors maids, matrons
and chaperons, all of whom were pres
ent In gorgeous costumes, but th® ex
ercises were brought to an abrupt con
clusion by th® tumult of an enormous
and very enthusiastic audience. So
great and persistent was th® noD®, In
spite of the appeal® of Commander-in
chief C. I. Walker and th® protests
of Mrs. W. D. Lamar, that the pro
gram was only half finished.
Thus it was a disappointed group of
young lady appointees that left th® au
ditorium at Camp Gordon. A hundred
costly and beautiful bouquets sent to
th® hall to be presented to them were
never delivered, and are today wilted
without having reposed on th® bosoms
of the representatives of th® South's
beauty.
Procession by States.
Ry s o’clock the auditorium was so
packed that th® sponsors and th®lr es
corts could hardly force their way up
the aisles to the stag®. Their pro
cession was finally, however, an im
posing event. The delegations lined up
by states, and carrying banners and
flags, marched to th* rostrum and oc
cupied more than JOO seats.
Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens,
historian general for the United
Daughters of the Confederacy began a
pretty’ speech, but was obliged to ceas®
because of th® commotion. Colonel
Wallace W, Screws, of Montgomery
several times sought to Make himself
heard in delivering th® annual oration,
but without success, while th® presid
ing officer hammered in vain for quiet.
General Griffin, of Virginia, attempt
ed to introduce the young ladies, and
found it a hopeless task
Only Two Introduced.
Rut at last Mrs. Drury C. Ludlow,
first vice president of th® I’nited
! Daughters of the Confederacy, and ma
| iron of honor for th® South for th®
I veterans, was presented. Likewise Miss
Cora S. Mallory, of Pensacola, Fla.,
sponsor for the South, th® mention of
tvhose name roused the audience to
great applause. Her grandfather was
secretary of the Confederate cabinet.
And there th® exercises stopped.
General Walker said afterwards: "I
would never hat® thought that such a
thing could have occurred in th® South.
In the home of chivalry and rever
ence.”
J. S. Downing.
The funeral of J. S. Downing, presi
dent of the Downing Locomotive Ap
pliance Company of this city, w ho was
killed In the wreck of the reunion spe
cial near Hattiesburg. Miss.. Monday,
w held from Patterson's chapel to
day. with interment in Westview. The
Brotherhood of Locomoth® Engineers.
Columbia. S. C., was in charge of rhe.
1 funeral
Committee in Macon
Repudiates the Action
Os Secretary Hyman
MACON, GA., Maj- B.—A special in
vestigation committee from the Macon
Chamber of Commerce has reported
that the action of Secretary E. H. Hy
man involving that body in the at
tempted barter of the next reunion is
regrettable, and that Hjman acted en
tirel.v without authority.
Hyman's action is absolutely re
pudiated by the committee, in a writ
ten report. Notwithstanding, Hjman
led a parade through the streets today
in the interest of San Antonio and is
working hard to land the next reunion
for the Texas city, in pursuance of a
written contract w herebv he savs he
is to receive 3300 for his services.
These Little °Rebs**
Went Out to Battle
j Under Wrong Banner
Ry THOMAS R. SHERMAN,
MA OX. GA.. May 8.-Four little
Macon rebels*, hearing all übout th?
i beat of drums and the cull of bugle,
decided this morning that they would
gn tn battle like “grandpa did in the
Silver war." The four little rebels were
Valeria, Lena. Julia and Annie Ca
mille Lamar, daughters of H. J. La
mar. Jr., one of Macon's most promi
nent citizens.
Accordingly, they armed themselves
with sticks and a huge flag and
marched triumphantly from their home
on College street to conquer where
they might. They had gone about half
a block when the discovery was made
that their flag bearer was carrying a
Union standard and not the Stara and
Rars.
A consultation nf war was held.
Should they proceed under false col
ors'’ Annie Camille at this juncture as
sumed the leadership and derided that
they should keep their faces to the
front. To go bark would probably
mean that some .outside power would
interfere with legitimate hostilities.
Resides carrying the wrong flag was
a fine way to fool the enemy, was a
stratagem of war that was practiced
by the best of soldiers.
So they went forward.
Another block, though, and a friend
of the family popped up He asked
them what they were going to do. “To
tight.” answered Annie Camille with
soldierlike promptness. Nor would
they listen to persuasion. They were
going to “go tn war." They were all
fixed and read} for the enemy.
It was not until attention had hern
called to the fact that they were going
to war without their hoots that the lit
he robs" decided to retrace their steps.
Once home a plate of cakes was suffi
cient to quell for the while their mili
tant tempers.
ZED WILL NOT SEE
“OLE MARSER” TILL
THAT LAST REUNION
By THOMAS B. SHERMAN.
MACON. GA. May S.—~ One of the
first reunion visitors is Zed Thomp
son. an aged negro, who came from
Birmingham to see his "ole Marser,"
the late M. S. Thompson. one time
mayor of Macon. When he found that
his master had died man' year* ago,
he sat down ami wept like a child.
Zed. dressed in gray from top to
’op. camo at mascot for (’amp Hardee.
In his campaign hat i. a yellow ham
mer feather, the sign of Alabama.
"Whar mah boss?" he a?ked a po
liceman. v hen he arrived.
"Who is your boss?" inquired th® of
ficer.
"Marsp Thompson—sholy you knows
Mhjw Thompson?"
"What's his first name?"
A look of perplexity < ame into the
eye* of the old darkey. He stopped
and thought hard a moment, and still
being unable to attain a mental grasp
of the situation, he repeated:
"Shoiy you knows Marse Thompson."
After seriously considering, the of
ficer decided that he did not. where
upon old Zed went his way down th**
street, shaking hi- head from ~idr to
ide. Several hour? later he found out
that "Matte Thompson” was gon®.
"Aw, God. ' he ?aid between his sobs,
‘things do change, don t dey? ’
REUNION'S FIRST
BIG9ALLTDNIGHT
Macon Sons of Veterans Host ij
of Big Social Affair Compli- i
menting Visitors. ( 1 j
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MACON. GA.. May B.—The. first of
the reunion balls will take place tonight |
in the auditorium of Camp Gordon. Ar- j I
rangements have been made to have the HI
hall cleared after A o'clock. As it is ex- I
petted that the dance will last until I
after midnight, three brass bands will I
be in attendance, playing alternately. |
The ball is tendered to the visiting j
young women b,v the Thomas Harde- j
man camp of Sons of Veterans.. For" i
it the invitation committee has already fl'
issued 1.2<i0 admission cards. Veterans fl,
and Sons of Veterans, as well as vis
iting joung iadies holding appoint
ments. will be admitted without the
cards. All others will be denied ad- M
mission, and a detail of police and mt- H
litiamen will be stationed at the door
ways to secure the enforcement of thia
regulation.
New Commander to Lead.
The first dance tonight will ,-be led
bj J. M Norfleet, of Memphis, the new.
Ij elected commander-in-chief of the
Sons of Veterans, and Mrs. Nettie Dun
lap Wortham, of Macon, matron of H
honor for the South.
The concluding event of the reunion
will be the veterans' ball Thursday
night. This will be led by the newly ;
chosen commander-in-chief of ths
United <'onfederate Veterans and Jfiss fl
Cora S. Mallory, the sponsor for the
South. Preceding the opening of the -fl
bail, tlm famous Southern Cross drill
will be executed by sixteen pretty girls
from Memphis. Thej- comprise the
Southern Cross societj, w hose object is
to perpetuate this drill, which was de
vised 50 years ago by Captain YV. L.
McLean, of Memphis, to relieve the
tedium of imprisonment.
The girls are Misses Lucille Smith,
Lucille Test. Hazel Harper. ‘ Blanche
Evans, Lucille Holland. Ruth Milling
ton. Marie Moriarlty, Blossom Jackson, fl
Lucille Simmons. Corinne Simmons, .IK
Grace Lewis, Mamie Josey and Hallie
Wilcox and Mrsdames McLaughlin,
Campbell and Weislger.
SONS OF VETERANS
NAME OFFICERS AT
REUNION IN MACON
M ACON, GA„ May B.—A tremendous
growth of the United Sons of Confed
erate Veterans, showing a great in
crease in sentiment regarding the Con- I
federaey among the young and middle
aged men of the South, was reported at
the sessions of th“ convention yester
day afternoon and last night. Th*
membership now reaches 89.000. There H
are 122 camps in sixteen Southern
states. Thomas Hardeman camp, of
Macon, has the largest membership,
with an enrollment of 1,085,
The following officers have, been
elected for the ensuing year:
J. P. Norfleet. Memphis, commander
in-chief; Dr. J. T. Railsford. Wilming
ton. N. C_, commander of the Army of
Northern Virginia, department: J. Ma
rlon Dunwody. Macon, commahdei' of
the Armj of Tennessee department; W«
N Rranhan, San Antonio, commander 9
of the Trans-Missisaippi department;
Seymour Stewart, of Kansas City. Mo.,
de|ppat- at large; Thomas M. Owens,
of Birmingham, Ala., historian general, ''"is|
Executive councillors: W, W. Olds,
Norfolk. Va.; Thomas Bale, LaPayette,
Ga.. and Floyd H Read, of Dallas,
Texas. The Sons of Veterans decided
to drop the "United" from their official
name.
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YOUNG GIRL PLANS
DECORATIONS OF BIG
MACON AUDITORIUM
By THOMAS B. SHERMAN. ■
MA<"O.\', GA . Maj- 8. —The president
of ihe Dorotb.v Blount chapter of the la
Children of the Confederacy Is Miss |l
Ixiuise Brown, of Macon. Ga.
This young woman is just seventeen ?,
years of age. but she has an executive
mind which has startled her elders. She
has welded her particular chapter of
the children into a compact order with
the purpose of keeping alive nO w and
making permanent the memories of the
Confederacy.
But Miss Brown's usefulness does
not end there. When the question of
interior decoration came up for atten
tion she was one of the first to volun
tci* h»r set vices. It was under her
supervision that the city Auditorium |
was decorated and the visitors have
been unanimous in declaring it a thing
of beauty.
In this work she was ably seconded
by Miss Myrna Humphreys. Miss
Rrown is a daughter of Mrs. Duncan
Brown, ihe stale secretary of the-Unit- M
ed Daughters of the Confederacy.
CHILDREN OF SOUTH
TO GIVE DIMES FOR
STATUE OF JACKSON
RICHMOND. VA.. May B.—Schoo!
children throughout the South are
urged to contribute ten cents each on
Maj lb toward the fund for the erec
tion of an equestrian statue of Gen
eral Stonewall Jackson in Richmond.
This date is the forty-ninth annlver- /
sarj- of the death of the famous Con- “W
federate commander, who was fatally
shot by mistake at Chancellorsville by
one of his own men.
The plea for funds comes from the
Stonewall Jackson Monument associa
tion, of w hich Dr. James Power Smith,
member of Jackson's staff, is president. j ’
Ur. Smith is among- the leading Pres
byterian divines of tlie South.
The onij Jackson monument in. Rich
mond is the pedestrian statue in Capi
tol square, erected solelj- by admiring
Englishmen. It is proposed to raise at
least $75,000 for the equestrian status,
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